TI-2024-28466 Aliases CVE-2024-42499 GHSA-q297-5ff8-hc92

Path traversal in unclebob FitNesse

LOW 31CWE-22Published 2024-11-15 · Updated 2024-11-18

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') issue exists in FitNesse releases prior to 20241026. If this vulnerability is exploited, an attacker may be able to know whether a file exists at a specific path, and/or obtain some part of the file contents under specific conditions.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00667 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.fitnesse:fitnesse (Maven): 20241026

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
unclebob	FitNesse	releases prior to 20241026	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.fitnesse:fitnesse (Maven)	before 20241026	20241026	Patch available	GHSA-q297-5ff8-hc92

FitNesse Vendorunclebob Affected releases prior to 20241026 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.fitnesse:fitnesse (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 20241026 Fixed in 20241026 Patch available GHSA-q297-5ff8-hc92

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:fitnesse:fitnesse::::::::	—	—	Fitnesse

cpe:2.3:a:fitnesse:fitnesse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Fitnesse

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-q297-5ff8-hc92 org.fitnesse:fitnesse (Maven) Fixed in 20241026 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42499
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q297-5ff8-hc92

References

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42499

Other 6

TI-2024-18704 OS command injection in unclebob FitNesse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-18633 XML external entity injection in unclebob FitNesse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
TI-2024-26540 Cross-site scripting in unclebob FitNesse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2024-18707 Cross-site scripting in unclebob FitNesse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2024-15626 Cross-site scripting in unclebob FitNesse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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